Mayfield is the current chairman of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association-IV, which supports 26 members from Atlantic and eastern Pacific countries. He is one subject of an upcoming documentary titled New Orleans Story concerning Hurricane Katrina, which is currently in post-production.

Mayfield, Max Filmography

Famous quotes by Max Mayfield:

"I just don't see any reason why this will not become a very, very powerful hurricane before it's all over."

"Everything we see says (the season) is going to remain very active."

"The 1940s through the 1960s experienced an above-average number of major hurricanes, while the 1970s into the mid-1990s averaged fewer hurricanes."

"We like to tell people, 'Flee the water and hide from the wind,' ... We need to make sure the whole population knows that you can go tens of miles instead of hundreds of miles."

"We like to tell people, 'flee the water and hide from the wind,'"

"There's no scenario now that takes it toward Louisiana or Mississippi, but that could change."

"We want to make sure everyone in the Florida Keys understands the seriousness of the situation. We will likely have a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and we'll have to deal with it whether we like it or not."

"We had well over a thousand lives lost in Katrina. If Wilma, you know, comes into the US, to the Florida coast as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, that potential for large loss of life is with us."